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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Coombes

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 349 different votes 358 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API